The role of contextual factors for musculoskeletal disorders in the New Zealand meat processing industry

Ergonomics

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1576-1593

  Tappin, D C ^a   Bentley, T A ^b   Vitalis, A ^c  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Contextual risk factors; Meat processing; Musculoskeletal disorders; Occupational injury; Organisational factors

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COST ACCOUNTING; DATA PROCESSING; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; HEALTH; PAPER COATING; RESEARCH; WEIGHT CONTROL;

COMPENSATION COSTS; CONTEXTUAL FACTORS; CONTEXTUAL RISK FACTORS; MEAT PROCESSING; MEAT-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; NEW APPROACHES; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURY; ORGANISATIONAL FACTORS; PSYCHO-SOCIAL FACTORS; QUALITATIVE STUDIES;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEAT INDUSTRY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLITICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

HUMANS; MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 52649137859     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130802238630     Document Type: Article

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